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Technology NewsVMware Signs Deal to Embed Software in HP Servers2008-02-27 06:01 - VMware and Hewlett-Packard have signed an agreement to integrate VMware’s virtualization software into 10 models of HP’s computer servers. Google and the Undersea Cable 2008-02-27 05:55 - Google joins a telecom group to build a trans-Pacific undersea cable to reduce its high costs of sending search, video and applications traffic around the world. I.B.M. Increases Outlook and Buyback Plans 2008-02-27 05:55 - I.B.M. raised the low end of its 2008 earnings outlook and said its board of directors had authorized a continuation of its massive stock buyback program. TI Expands Application Chips Beyond Phones 2008-02-27 05:55 - Texas Instruments unveiled new application chips that can be used in everything from music players to medical equipment. Yahoo Reveals (Some) Details About Its Ad Plans 2008-02-27 05:55 - Yahoo appears to be taking the merger of Google and DoubleClick head on in both technology and the use of data about users. N.Y. Attorney General Subpoenas Comcast on Broadband 2008-02-27 05:55 - Comcast is the subject of several complaints to the F.C.C. and has been sued by customers over its throttling of file-sharing traffic on its cable-modem service. Local laws could scuttle iPhone deals 2008-02-26 06:01 - Restricting the use of Apple’s iPhone to a specific mobile carrier could be illegal under Australian trade practices laws. Yang: Microsoft Bid Was a ?Galvanizing Event? for Yahoo 2008-02-26 06:01 - Jerry Yang, chief executive of Yahoo, spoke about how the company’s frenzied search for a way to fend off Microsoft’s bid has been an exciting journey of self discovery. Let the Games Begin ? the Market Will Speak on Proposed Game Merger 2008-02-26 06:01 - Translation of Electronic Arts offer for Take-Two Interactive: let’s test the market and find out whether Take Two investors might be tempted to take one in the hand. Microsoft to Test New Measure of Web Ads 2008-02-26 06:01 - Microsoft’s ?Engagement Mapping? attempts to take into account all the Internet interactions that lead a consumer to buy a product. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 |
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